Data brokers have long operated in the shadows of the internet, quietly amassing unprecedented amounts of personal information on billions of people across the globe, but few realize just how deep ...

Don't sit around saying "it'll never happen to me" while your personal data is traded around the internet and becomes an increasing threat to your privacy, security, and finances. Delete it today.

Streaming devices like Fire TV Sticks and Chromecasts gather personal data for various purposes. If that makes you uneasy, here's how to regain some control.

Car makers Nissan and Kia can collect data on their drivers’ “sexual activity” and “sex lives” — and may sell the info to third-party advertisers, according to a shocking study by an internet privacy ...

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Senate Democrats are ready to act on an omnibus data privacy bill that would install restrictions on the type of information that companies can collect, block the sale of personal sensitive data, and ...

Any time we do anything online, someone is watching and collecting data on us. Whether you're posting or shopping or reading an article, just about everything you do on the internet leaves behind a ...

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has sued Google for allegedly collecting and using biometric data belonging to millions of Texans without proper consent. The Texas AG says that Google allegedly used ...

The phrase “big data” — and the vast, daunting numbers it implies — is thrown around a lot these days. To illustrate the concept, Helen Nissenbaum, professor of media, culture and communication and ...

June 24 (UPI) --Some unusual witnesses helped convict Alex Murdaugh of the murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul. The first was Bubba, Maggie's yellow Labrador retriever. Prosecutors used a ...